People (relevant) to our profession?

this better be worth it bc why are there so many fucking people involved like this is a history class.

Susan Cox Johnson

arts and crafts teacher who gained recognition for her work with TB and nervous disorder patients

George Edward Barton

was recovering from TB, became an advocate of using occupations and the “work cure” to cure illness// he opened up the “Consolation House” which used the work cure// consolation house also hosted the first meeting of the society for promotion of occupational therapy

William Rush Dunton Jr.

psychiatrist was was practicing at the asylum and was inspired by Tracy to teach his own class on occupation for nurses// was later put in charge of programs for occupation and became leader/ advocate

Isabel Newton

Barton’s wife and secretary

Susan Tracy

asylum nurse// wrote first book on therapeutic use of occupations which led to her involvement in the first course on occupations for patients

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

was a student in a class called curative occupations// was invited to develop a curative occupations program at John Hopkins university

Thomas Besell Kidner

Mary Reilly

A. Jean Ayres

Lela A. Llorens

Florence Clark

Clifford Beers

Went to the mental hospital himself and became an advocated for health care reform

Gary Kielhofner

Mary Law

Margaret Rood

was both a PT and OT// one if the earliest theorist of motor control

Berta and Karel Bobath

German neuropsychiatric

Ruth A. Robinson